Attachment for towel cabinets



March 22-, 1927.

G. A; ST EINE R ATTACHMENT FOR TOWEL CABINETS Filed Aug. 20] 1925 I j/v YEA/TOR I 'GEORGE fl. GTE/NEE Patented Mar. 22.1927.

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In the use of a roller towel cabinet. the depending loop of towcl ng is grasped by the user and pulled down to bring the clean section of the towel to a point convenient for 5 use, and when the wiping operation is fin islied, a loop of the towel depends a con-- siderable distance below the cabinet, and the;

used or soiled portion of the towel is'us'ually visible and presents an unattractive appear W ance in the room where the cabinet is located.

The object of my invention is to provide a;

take-up device for the towel cabinet which will have the function of shortening or drawing up the first loop and formingauother loop of the soiled towel in the rear thereof which will be largely concealed by the forward loop.

A vfurther object is to provide a take-up device which can be easily and q.i11cklyap-.. plied to a cabinet; either a new one inprocess of construction or an old one that has been in "S8.

Other objects of the invention will appearfrom the following detailed description.

'-'-" In the accompanying drawings forming,

partof this specification,

Figure l is a vertical sectional view invention;

Figure 2 s a side view of the same; Figure 3 a front view; and

through a'roller towel cabinet embodying my.

Figure 4: is a. detail sectional view illustrating a modified construction of the takeup device.

the cabinet; 3, the rear thereof, and 4 and 5, she clean and soiled towel rolls mounted in guides 6 and 7 in the side walls of the cabinet. 8 and. 9 represent, sanded feed rolls mounted to contact respectively with the clean and soiled towel rolls and having a driving connection 10 between them for simultaneous movement. 11 is a plate clos ing the bottom of the cabinet; 12 1s a guide hinged at 13 and separated from the rear wall by a space 14 through which the soiled towel is fed upwardly to its roll. 15 is a bracket secured by suitable means to the plate 11; and 16 is a frame centrally pivoted of the towel upon opposite sides of the pivot 17.

The clean towel is fed downwardly thewcight ot' the frame 16 -t t.he -1: osit-ion indicated in Figs ,ure the roll 18 lifting up on the towel web and the roll 19 exerting a downward pull thereon and both cooperating to shorten the '15 lar belo'wthe. cabinehand consequently the have illustrated such a construction in Fig 8 In the drawing, 2 represents the front of ,,.When the user graspsthc clean towel and pulls downwardly and forwardlyv thereon,

the cleantowel roll will-be unwound to delIYGI a'SGCUOH of clean toweland at the same 65 time, the frame, 16 will be oscillated on its] ,pivots from the position shown in Figure 1, to that llustrated in Figure 2, allowing the user-to have free use of the depending towel loop, but as soon as the towel web'is released,

roll 19 will swing the forward loop of the towel and conceal the used or soiled portion. With this device, it

is not neccssaryto have the roll 19 drop as device-docs not take up as much room-on the formedin the rear of the main loop.

A device for makiir a single loop, however, would be entire y practicable and l ure 4, in which 22 represents the bracket sccured to the portion of the bracket and supporting a gravity roll 24: under which the soiled web passes; the weight of this roll normally tending to draw up the soiled web and shorten the loop at the front of thecabinet. The roll 25 is preferably mounted in the bracket 22 over which the towel web asses and. operates to support the rear stretch of the forward loop; s5

When the user pulls the leap forward to the position, indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4, the frame 23 will be raised and as soon as the loop is released, the frame will drop, drawing up the soiled web to a aoint too where a considerable portion at it wil be substantially concealed. This device is capable of a p'lication to a cabinet iii-use as j well as one t at is in rocess of construction,

and in either case wi l serve as a means for 105,

loopiugand concealing an unsightly section of soiled towel. i

I claim as my invention:

1. A towel cabinet comprising a casing,

clean and soiled towel rollsmouutecl thereno 30 cabinet. as itwould iijonly a single loop was reach of the user, a bracket secured to the lower portion of said casing, a-frame centrally pivoted in said bracket to oscillate therein, a comparatively light roll pro vided at one end of said frame, a compara tively heavy roll mounted in the other end of said frame, said rolls engaging the towel web, and said heavy roll normally tending to swing downward to a depressed position,

and exert an upward or lifting movement on I the towel on one side of the pivot of said frame and a downward pull upon the towel on the other side of the pivot of said frame. 2. A towel cabinet comprising a casing I adapted to contain a web of toweling, a loop of clean towel depending below the bottom of said casing within convenient reach ofthe user, a frame centrally pivoted below said casing, a comparative y light roll. mounted in one end or" said frame, a comparatively heavy roll mounted in the other end of said frame, said rolls engaging the towel web and said heavy roll normally tending to swing downwardly to a depressed position and exert an upward or lifting movement on the towel on one side of the pivot of said frame, and a downward pull upon the towel on the other side of thepivot of said frame.

3. A towel cabinet comprising a casing adapted to contain a web of toweling, a loop of clean towel depending below. the bottom of said casingwithin convenient reach of the user, a roll pivotally supported below said I. casing and adapted soiled portion of the lifting a portion otthe the. length of the 'loop towel, a 'guide over which the web'ot towel passes to said pivoted roll, said pivoted roll eingcomparatively'heavy and adapted to.

raise the depending loop of towel when the user releases his grasp thereon, whereby the towel will he lifted to an inconspicuous position beneath the Gabinet, 4. A towel cabinet comprising a casing,

to engage the web of clean and soiledtowel rolls mounted therein 1 rand-a feedingmeanstherefor, a loop' of the clean towel depending 1 within convenient reach of the user, and an oscillating take-up frame 'havinga weighted roll "that is raised by the pull of the user on the towel web for web to an inconspicuous position when the pull of the user thereon is released. a i s 5. A towel cabinet comprising a casing having means for delivering a web of clean towel and returning to-the cabinet the web of soiled towel as it isused, a loop of the clean towellng normally depending below the easing, and means engaging the web of towel and. adapted to be tilted when the user exerts a downward pullonthe towel web to allow to be temporarily increased, said means automatically returningl to its normal position and raising the soiled portion ofthe towel to an inconspicuous position beneath the casing when the user releases-his grasp. thereon.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of August, 1993. GEORGE A. STEINER; 

